On 11/30/03 12:12 AM, in article
, "Gordon"
wrote:


After the fourth night bolter, pilot says, "I don't think I can land this
one. We're gonna have to step out of the jet."

That's why they provide that fancy 90-degree angle flashlight - you can toss
it
around corners and knock a little sense into him!

G

That's funny.

We had a pilot that boltered four times with nearly identical passes
something like...

(H)CDIM, TMP.COIC, _HFB_AR B/

Forgive my shorthand, I have too much integrity to be an LSO. After his
obligatory trip to the tanker, he came back around only to show the same
pass again.

At about the "in the middle" position, the B/N says, "Here we go AGAIN."

_LOIM-IC_ 1 -

Probably the only reason they got aboard.

--Woody